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MedicineHow medicine can help in our lives?
Benefits of medicines
• Medicines are drugs that are used to treat or prevent disease or other conditions.
• Drugs are substances other than food that change the structure or function of the body or mind.
How is medicine used
USE-appropriate use of drug or medicine. • Benefit• Preventing disease• Contracting specific disease• Pain relief • Neutralize the effects of
toxins.
• Abuse- intentionally taking medications for nonmedical reasons.
• Misuse- involves using a medicine in ways other than the intended use.
OPIUM
MORPHINE
HEROIN OXYMORPHONE(Lortab)
CODEINE
HYDROCODONE(VICODIN)
THEBAINE
(PERCOCET) Oxycodone(OxyContin)
CLASSIFYING MAJOR OPIOID DRUGS
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$400 Peruvian farmers paid for 400 pounds of coca leaves which takes
one pound of cocaine
$1500 When refined cocaine leaves
Colombia for Mexico
$20,000 sold across the US border in New York
wholesale. $40,000 when bought on the street in small doses.
Olive oil as a painkiller?
What similar chemicals does olive oil and pain killers have?What negative points does the article say about olive oil?What did you learn from the article?Do you agree with the article?
Vocabulary
• Sobriety- living without alcohol.• Alcoholic-an addict who is dependent on alcohol.• Leukoplakia- thickened, white, leathery looking spots on the inside of the
mouth that develop into oral cancer.• Environmental tobacco smoke- air that has been contaminated by tobacco
smoke.• Nicotine- the addictive drug found in tobacco• Addictive drug-a substance that causes physiological or psychological
dependence. • Depressant- a drug that slows the central nervous system.• Stimulant- A drug that increases the action of the central nervous system, the
heart, an other organs.• Intoxication- The state in which the body is poisoned by alcohol or another
substance. Alters the brain and thinking.• Binge drinking - Drinking five or more alcoholic drinks at one sitting.